W2K Pro boot problem

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I have a W2K pro system that seems to not be able to boot off the hd (only 1 ntfs partition). I formatted a boot disk (with ntloadr and ntdetect); the system is able to boot properly off the disk and load the os.

Whenever the system tries to boot off of the hd the screen goes blank with just a cursor in the upper left-hand corner and no hd activity whatsoever. I know that this can result from a couple of different things, but I'm leaning towards a badly fragmented mft (I defragged the disk shortly before this problem, and it was extremely fragmented). I searched through the KB articles and have seen that this symptom can result from a fragmented mft on NT, but nothing was mentioned about 2K. Does anyone know if this is a symptom that was just not documented?

Paul K
 
Be sure the HD has an active partition flagged


Paul K said:
I have a W2K pro system that seems to not be able to boot off the hd (only
Click to expand...
1 ntfs partition). I formatted a boot disk (with ntloadr and ntdetect); the
system is able to boot properly off the disk and load the os.
Whenever the system tries to boot off of the hd the screen goes blank with
Click to expand...
just a cursor in the upper left-hand corner and no hd activity whatsoever.
I know that this can result from a couple of different things, but I'm
leaning towards a badly fragmented mft (I defragged the disk shortly before
this problem, and it was extremely fragmented). I searched through the KB
articles and have seen that this symptom can result from a fragmented mft on
NT, but nothing was mentioned about 2K. Does anyone know if this is a
symptom that was just not documented?
 
320397 You Receive an "NTLDR Is Missing" Error Message When You Start Your
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=320397

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Paul K said:
I have a W2K pro system that seems to not be able to boot off the hd (only
Click to expand...
1 ntfs partition). I formatted a boot disk (with ntloadr and ntdetect); the
system is able to boot properly off the disk and load the os.
Whenever the system tries to boot off of the hd the screen goes blank with
Click to expand...
just a cursor in the upper left-hand corner and no hd activity whatsoever.
I know that this can result from a couple of different things, but I'm
leaning towards a badly fragmented mft (I defragged the disk shortly before
this problem, and it was extremely fragmented). I searched through the KB
articles and have seen that this symptom can result from a fragmented mft on
NT, but nothing was mentioned about 2K. Does anyone know if this is a
symptom that was just not documented?
 
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